[won't fix] broken kde4, window decoration missing after upgrade from 8.04

[augustin]

Hello,

I am currently using kubuntu 8.04 / kde3.
Since I know it's a big step to go from 8.04 / kde3 to 9.04 / kde4, I am *testing* the upgrade from one to the other on a separate drive, using a backup I made with dar.

The test upgrade itself seemed to go smoothly, though there were some parsing error messages for some packages that I have not had time to copy.

After reboot, I could do my first login into my new kde4 platform. However many things seemed to be broken:
- there are no window decoration for applications (konqueror, konsole, etc.)
- the taskbar had only the buttons, but not the (how do you call that?) ... the thing in the taskbar representing the window.
- I couldn't do ALT+TAB nor CTRL+TAB to change window / desktop.
- I couldn't type anything in the konqueror/google search box.
- and a few other things that I already noticed.

I had followed the following for my upgrade:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ja...s/Kubuntu/8.04

I searched but couldn't find anyone with a similar problem.

Before I wipe out the partition and try again the upgrade, what could I attempt to find the cause of the problem?

Upgrading is itself a very lengthy process, so I'd like to be very well prepared to make all necessary notes during my next test. I am not sure how to attempt the upgrade via the CLI so that I have a complete log of the process.

Any general or specific advice?

Thank you.

[augustin]

Re: broken kde4, window decoration missing after upgrade from 8.04

Would this do for the CLI upgrade?

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[kubicle]

Re: broken kde4, window decoration missing after upgrade from 8.04

This thread may be useful (follow the steps in my two posts)
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3105512.0
report back if those won't help

[augustin]

Re: broken kde4, window decoration missing after upgrade from 8.04

Thank you kubicle, that seems related.
I'll try that and report back after.

Blessings.

[augustin]

Re: broken kde4, window decoration missing after upgrade from 8.04

No further help is required as I finally made a fresh install.

For the record:
kde-window-manager was properly installed.
I couldn't restart the window manager since i couldn't type anything from a windowed session. I could open konqueror / konsole, etc. but couldn't type anything. I tried from pure console session (ctrl + alt + F1) but it didn't work.

It seemed the upgrade was hopelessly broken. Thankfully, it was only a test upgrade. It shows the utility of testing first!

In the meantime, I bought a brand new computer. Thus I ended up making a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.10 on it, and moved my data manually from the old to the new computer. Thus I avoided the complexities of a full dist upgrade combined with a KDE3->KDE4 upgrade.

Thank you again for your help (in this an other issues on this forum).